Hospice Use Saves Medicare Money, Study Finds

Patients who died under the care of hospice cost the Medicare program an average of about $2,300 less compared with those that did not, according to a study from Duke University published in the October 2007 issue of Social Science & Medicine. Cumulative maximum savings of nearly $7,000 per beneficiary with a primary medical diagnosis…

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